Railway vehicle body structures

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6052774

The strength and durability of railway vehicle structures is a major topic of engineering research and design. To reflect this importance the Railway Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers organised a conference to discuss all matters relating to railway vehicle design. This book presents the papers discussed in that conference. The contents include: Vehicle body design and the UIC's international contribution; LUL prototype 1986 stock - body structure; vehicle structure for the intermediate capacity transmit system vehicles; car body technology of advanced light rapid transit vehicles; concepts, techniques and experience in the idealization of car body structures for finite element analysis; Calcutta metropolitan railway; design for a lightweight diesel multiple unit body; the design of lightweight inter-city coal structures; the BREL international coach body shell structure; new concepts and design techniques versus material standards; structures of BR diesel electric freight locomotives; structural design philosophy for electric locomotives; suspension design for a locomotive with low structural frequencies; freight wagon structures; a finite element study of coal bodyside panels including the effects of joint flexibility; a fresh approach to the problem of car body design strength; energy absorption in automatic couplings and draw gear; passenger vehicle design loads and structural crashworthiness; design of the front part of railway vehicles (in case of frontal impact); the development of a theoretical technique for rail vehicle structural crashworthiness.

• OSTI ID: 6052774
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320202* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Transportation-- Railway
ABSORPTION
CARGO
DESIGN
DIESEL ENGINES
ELECTRIC RAILWAYS
ENERGY ABSORPTION
ENGINEERING
ENGINES
FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
FLEXIBILITY
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
JOINTS
LOCOMOTIVES
MATERIALS
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
RAILROAD CARS
RAILWAYS
RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SAFETY
SHOCK ABSORBERS
STANDARDS
TENSILE PROPERTIES
TRAINS
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
URBAN AREAS
VEHICLES
WEIGHT